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Agenda
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Confirmed participants
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Logistics (local travel info etc.)
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Registration-form
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AUDIENCE:
This workshop brings together faculty and administrators
currently involved in large-scale implementation projects
on the freshmen and sophomore level, or preparing such
projects for the near future. The main objectives are to
disseminate successful strategies, and to point out which
approaches have led to negative experiences.
FORMAT:
The program will consist mostly of three to four
person panels with ample time devoted to discussion.
Several national leaders of the pioneering curriculum
reform projects in the different disciplines have agreed
to participate, as have several directors of exemplary
very large successful implementation efforts.
The program will be rounded out with panels on the role
of federal funding agencies and industry, selected recent
evaluation results and a preview of possible future
directions of reform.
(Compare the WWW pages for
list of participants
and
tentative agenda.)
LOCATION:
The meeting will be held in the
Scottsdale OldTown Holiday Inn.
The location is in immediate vicinity of the
Center for the Performing
Arts,
and OldTown Scottsdale,
a predominantly pedestrian area with many small
shops,
cafes and
restaurants
that invite to informally continue the discussion
of the meeting.
Scottsdale offers many more
attractions that invite futher exploration.
TRAVEL:
From most locations in the US, participants should be
able to reach the conference on Friday morning in time
for the afternoon sessions. In order to take advantage
of usually lower airfares we encourage participants to
stay overnight to Sunday, in particular, those coming
from the East Coast and the Midwest.
SUPPORT:
The conference is supported (through the
University of Arizona)
by the NSF grant DUE-9252521.
Lodging, meals, and in-state-travel will be reimbursed
for qualified applicants. Limited support for air-travel
is available.
REGISTRATION, MORE INFO:
More details for the symposium,
including updated schedules will be
posted on the WWW-pages
http://math.la.asu.edu/~kawski/symp96/agenda.html
and
http://math.la.asu.edu/~kawski/symp96/people.html
To apply for registration for the symposium please
complete the
registration-form
Click
here to download a MS-WORD 7.0 version of this announcement
for further distribution.
Useful links:
Project Kaleidoscope,
Calculus and Mathematica,
Physics-Mazur-Harvard,
Gateway Testing Math U.MI
FOCUS:
This workshop is an outgrowth of nationwide efforts to
implement the reformed calculus curricula that have been
developed in the late 80s and early 90s, largely under
NSF stewardship. It recognizes similar efforts to reform
the collegiate curricula in the physical and engineering
sciences, which are in various stages of completion nationwide.
In all disciplines, the scale-up from small pilot projects
to large-scale implementation is commonly perceived as one
of the hardest steps. There are many other parallels among
these initiatives, such as large lectures being replaced by
smaller, more participatory classes, emphasis of conceptual
understanding over rote memorization, emphasis on applications
and links to other disciplines, and use of appropriate
technology.
After a brief survey of the main directions of reform in each
discipline, this workshop shall focus on common obstacles to
large-scale implementation, and ways to overcome these.
Typical are problems with securing adequate physical and
personnel resources, retraining faculty, and gaining the
support of faculty and clients.
To foster a highly participatory environment the number
of participants will be limited to about 60.
To reserve your place, please apply for registration
as early as possible!
Please indicate in your
application
your needs for financial assistance,
in particular, approximate air-fares, if applicable.
Alternatively, contact
Matthias Kawski
by e-mail at
kawski@math.la.asu.edu
or by phone at (602) 965 3376.